United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth Youth Forum

United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth Youth Forum

In the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted in September 2016, the UN General Assembly decided to develop a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM).

After months of consultations and negotiations, the international community has developed a final version of the GCM, which is the first-ever UN global agreement on a common approach to international migration in all its dimensions.

The GCM is a significant opportunity to improve the governance of migration, to address the challenges associated with today’s migration, and to strengthen the contribution of migrants and migration to sustainable development.

As a result, a Global Migration Week will take place between the 3rd to 12th of December 2018 in Marrakesh, Morocco. It will begin with the multi-stakeholder Global Forum on Migration Development (GFMD), 3rd to 7th of December, followed by the International Conference on Migration (ICM), 10th to 12th of December, during which the Global Compact on Migration (GCM) will be adopted.

Between the two major events (8th to 9th), several ICM side events will be held, one of which will be the Youth Forum (YF), organised by the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UNMGCY).

This Forum is aimed at guiding youth engagement in the International Conference on Migration (ICM), in particular regarding the implementation, follow-up and review of the Global Compact on Migration (GCM).

The Youth Forum is supported by the UN Secretary General Special Representative to Migration and Morocco.

The forum will consist of three activities: